Articles by Laura Taylor

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  Trail Of Tears

  Free Fall into Fear

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2005

  The neo-classical gothic metal explosion of recent years can make it difficult to distinguish between bands of that style, and all but the...

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  Dark Tranquillity

  Character

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2005

  Character is basically everything you might expect from a new Dark Tranquillity record. The usual keyboard accents are still kicking around...

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  Frantic Bleep

  The Sense Apparatus

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2005

  Though seemingly announcing itself as gothic rock with its opening chords, Frantic Bleep’s The Sense Apparatus quickly deconstructs that fa...

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  Sacriversum

  Sigma Draconis

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2005

  Capturing Poland’s Sacriversum six albums into the band’s more than decade long career, Sigma Draconis is a complex blend of goth, classic...

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  Tristania

  Ashes

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2005

  In many ways, Ashes seems to erase the four years that have passed since the release of Tristania’s last album, and third full-length, Worl...

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  Anorexia Nervosa

  Redemption Process

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2005

  Taking Wagnerian grandeur to new epic proportions, Redemption Process by France’s Anorexia Nervosa irreverently celebrates melody and viole...

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  Behemoth

  Demigod

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2005

  Poland’s own demigods of extreme metal, Behemoth, are back with another extravaganza of ancient evil, religion and philosophy. Basically ca...

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  Darkwell

  Metatron

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2005

  Metatron, Darkwell’s first full length in almost five years, debuts vocalist Stephanie Luzie and takes the band a step away from the fairly...